State

State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Literature
State Magazine, a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
The State (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Our State, a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called The State
The State (Larry Niven), a fictional future government in three novels by Larry Niven
Music
Groups and labels
States Records, an American record label
The State (band), Australian band previously known as the Cutters
Albums
State (album), a 2013 album by Todd Rundgren
States (album), a 2013 album by the Paper Kites
States, a 1991 album by Klinik
The State (album), a 1999 album by Nickelback
Television
The State (American TV series), 1993
The State (British TV series), 2017
Other
State Theatre (disambiguation), several theatres
The State (comedy troupe), an American comedy troupe
Law and politics
State (polity), a centralized political organization that imposes and enforces rules over a population within a territory.
Sovereign state, a sovereign political entity in international law, commonly referred to as a "country"
List of sovereign states
Nation state, a state (usually sovereign) in which the great majority identify as a single culture (often defined as an ethnic group)
Constituent state, a type of political subdivision of a nation
Federated state, a constituent state that is part of a federal model and shares sovereignty with the federal government
States and union territories of India, constituent states of the Republic of India
States and territories of Australia, constituent states of Australia
States of Brazil, constituent states of Brazil
States of Germany, constituent states of Germany
States of Mexico, constituent states of Mexico
States of Nigeria, constituent states of Nigeria
States of South Sudan, constituent states of South Sudan
States of Sudan, constituent states of Sudan
States of Austria, constituent states of Austria
States and federal territories of Malaysia, constituent monarchies and territories of Malaysia
States of Micronesia, constituent states of Micronesia
States and regions of Somalia, constituent states of Somalia
States of Venezuela, constituent states of Venezuela
U.S. state, any constituent state of the United States
States of Palau
States of Myanmar
Rechtsstaat, the legal state (constitutional state, state subordinated to law) in the philosophy of law and as a principle of many national constitutions
The Estates or the States, a national assembly of the estates of the realm, an early form of legislature that was common throughout feudal Europe
States of Alderney, the government and parliament of Alderney
States of Deliberation, the government and parliament of Guernsey
States of Jersey, including the States Assembly parliament and the Government of Jersey executive
States-General (disambiguation), a name for several historic and current national assemblies
United States Department of State, a division of the executive branch of the United States federal government, dealing with foreign affairs; sometimes referred to as "State", for short, in American political jargon.
Locations
State College, Pennsylvania, a city in the United States, often referred to informally as "State"
State College Area High School, or "State High"
State station, subway station in Boston
State station (CTA), in Chicago
Mathematics
State (controls), a term related to control theory
State (functional analysis), a positive linear functional on an operator algebra
State, in dynamical systems, is a fixed rule describing the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space
Science and technology
Computing
State (computer science), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine
Program state, in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system
State (website), semantic web platform created by London, UK-based Equal Media Ltd
State pattern, in computer science, a behavioral design pattern
Healthcare
Medical state, one's current state of health, usually within a hospital
Mental state
Physics and chemistry
State, a complete description of a system in classical mechanics
Chemical state, the electronic, chemical and physical nature of an element
Quantum state, the state of a quantum mechanical system given by a vector in the underlying Hilbert space
Stationary state, an eigenvector of a Hamiltonian
State of matter, solid, liquid or gaseous phases of matter; describing the organization of matter in a phase
Thermodynamic state, a set of physical quantities describing variable properties of a given thermodynamic system
Printing
State (printmaking), distinct revisions of a work by a deliberate change to the print master
Universities
Ball State University, in Muncie, United States
Michigan State University, in East Lansing, United States
Michigan State Spartans, the athletic teams, commonly referred to as "State"
Other uses
State (theology), a degree or stage of perfection in the Christian religion
States (automobile), cyclecar manufactured by the States Cyclecar Co of Detroit, Michigan in 1915
See also
Condition (disambiguation)
Government, the system by which a state or community is controlled
New states (disambiguation)
Stateless (disambiguation)
Status (disambiguation)
The States (disambiguation)